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God's Sovereignty, Man's Responsibility« Back to Blog

11/10/2009

Posted By AIT

When you consider salvation which do you think of God's sovereignty or man's responsibility?  The Bible teaches that both must be considered.  Here is a quote from one of Jeff Noblit's messages where he addresses the subject.  This particular sermon is from II Peter 1:1-11.

"You see, we think because God is sovereign we just kind of coast along and God builds His kingdom.  Oh, no.  He says three times, diligence, diligence, moral excellence, manly energy, get after it.(II Peter 1:5) Why? Because God’s sovereignty includes man’s responsibility.  Don’t ever forget that.  There’s a wicked, abhorrent teaching that’s called hyper-Calvinism.  It goes too far. It takes God’s sovereignty into fatalism.  And you must guard yourself from that and run from that and fight against that.  We are responsible to diligently seek our God and serve our God."  

As you may know, our True Church Conference, February 18-21, 2010 has this very topic is as its theme.  We would love to have you join us.

To hear the above mentioned message in its entirety, click here.